Typographical machine.



D. S. KENNEDY.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16. 1913.

Patented May 19, 1914.

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D. s. KENNEDY. I TYPOGRAPHICAL MAGEINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1913.

1,097,130, I Patented May19,1914

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D. S. KENNEDY. TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE Patented May 19 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

4 EE- ETJET L w J 5 YLTED l PATENT tlli le iitldt DAVID S. KENNEDY. OF BROOKLYN, NEXV YORK. ASSIGNOR TO MERGENTHALER LINOTYJEE COMPANYv A CORPORATION OF N'ElV YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Specification of Letters I-atent.

Application filed June 18. 1913. Serial No.

le it l-;no\\'n that lllvni t1. lxii-txxicnr, a f-itizen oi the United States. lt ltllllf atllronlttvn. in th county ol Kings and State ofXr-r. Yet-it. have invented eertain new and nl-etul tinprorements in 'l vpographiral .dlttl'lll ltm ot whieh the fullt)\\'itlf is a specitiration. 'et'erenee being bad therein to the :u-cnmpanying drawing.

My invention relates to typographieal machines. such as linotype machines of the gen eral organization represented in Letters Patent o'l' thelinited States, Xi). 436.532. to O. Mergenthaler, wherein circulating matrices are released from a magazine in the order in which their characters are to appear in print and then assembled in line.the composed line transferred to the fare of a mold, the mold filled with molten metal to form a singor linotype against the lllllil'l which nroduee the. type eharaeters thereon. and the matrices thereafter returned through a distributing meehanism to the magazine from which they started. More particularly, it relates to machines of this kind when equipped with a plurality of independentlyusable magazines. any one of which may he brought into operative relation to the assembling and distributingdevices, asrequired.

' In the particular form illustrated, a plurality of inclined magazines is mounted in a shift frame, wherebv the selected one may be located in registration with the assembling and distributing mtmhanisms, and in addition the manazines are so arranged in the frame that they may be individually moved therein with reference to the t'rame and each other, each substantially in its own plane, so as to bring it into and out of operative relation to the assembling deviees. It follows that eaehehange of magazines thus involves a triple,movement: first. whereby the magazine in position is moved rearwardly to clear the assembling: devices; second, the shiftine of the magazines as a whole to bring a new magazine into alinement with the tlSSQlTtbllllQ and distributing mechanisms; and third, the individualmovemen of the selected magazine into operative engagement with the assembling devices. Numerous advantages are involved in this form of construction. For instance.

each of the magazines is provided: with itsown bank of escapements, and the individual Patented .llag it}, itdilel.

movement of the selected magazine brings its t. (2l])tlll(lli direetlv over and in position to b aetuated by the single series of reeds. whieh may thus be located directly beneath the. est-apements. or in other words. in the mostdesirable position to operate them.

-()ther advantage and features of co ntruetion will be apparent from the description and the drawings hereinafter to be ret'erred to. i l

In the aer'ompanving drawings. l have shown my invention in preferred form and by a v of example. and as applied to a. linot vpe maehine.' Obviously. man changes and variations may be made thereim and in its mode o't' application. whieh will still he eomprised within its spirit. Further. it may similarly be adapted to other terms of tvpog'raphieal mat-blues. such as t vpeset teis, t \'peea :ter. and the like. whieh handle type or dies. instead ot matricesv as herein illustrated. (tenet-ally speaking. I desire i to be llll(ltl' tttlll that [do not limit mvseh to any speeiti form or embodiment. eiveept in so far as such limitations are specified in the elauus.

leterringr to the drawings: Figure l. is a side view. partly in seetion, of a portion of-a linotrpe Inaehine. having my invention ap plied theret Fig.1. 2 is a somewhat similar view. showing the parts in ditt'erent position: Fig. I is an enlarged perspective detail of the shift t'rame; Fig. 4- is atop view, taken substantially at right angles to the in- (lined magazines: and Fig. 5 is a section talten substantially on the lines 55 of Fig. 4..

lteterrine; to the drawings. the matrices X.

are as usual stored in the several magazines A. wlneh may be shifted as a whole to bring any selected one into registration with the front. plate C of the assembling mechanism. and with the channel entrance E, through which the matrices are delivered from the distributine' mechanism 1). Each magazine A is also capable of movement relatively to the others. forwardly into operative relation to the assembling devices as shown in Fist. 1. and rearwardly to the position shown in Fig. 9, whereby it is cleared from the other parts and the magazines may be shifted as a whole to another level.

Each magazine A is provided with its own bank of eseapements 13. whereby the release of the matrtceS X-Lpate the front. .plate C verse rock shaft H controlled. The pivoted escapements B are of the ordinary construction and require no specific description, being moved in one dierned from the keys G and keyboard mechanism G, all in the customary manner. As will be readily understood, the forward movement of the magazine A not only brings it into operative relation to the front plate C, but in addition locates its escapementsB over the single bank of reeds F, the extent of movement being sufiicient to enable the reeds to act upon the escapement levers at their rear portions beyond their pivots, so that the first or upward action of the reeds is availed of to release the lowermost matrix.

The magazines A, three of which are shown by way of illustration in the drawings; are mounted in the frame H, which is guided as at 1 in the main frame J, and may be shifted in any desired manner to bring a. selected nagazine into alinement with the assembling and distributing mechanisms. In the drawings such means are shown as comprising a link H connected at, 'one end to the center of the frame H, and at its other end to an arm H upon the trans- On the end of the rock shaft is mounted the operating arm K, whereby the shaft may be turned and the frame H shifted, the arm K being provided with a pawl K to engage the fixed sector K to hold the parts in adjusted position. The shaft H also carries an arm H connected to the powerful spring H to counterbalance the weight of the frame H and the magazines carried thereby, and thus to minimize the manual effort necessary to shift them.

. As previously stated, each magazine A is independently movable forwardly and rearwardly in the frame H, this being preferably accomplished see Figs. 3, 4 and 5) by the employment of transverse supporting bars A connected to the magazine andarranged to slide at their ends in longitudinal grooves H formed in the sides of the frame H. Two such bars A are preferably em ployed in connection with the magazine, 10-

.' "A immediately in the rear of the front supcated respectively at the front and rear thereof. Each magazine is also provided ith a transverse arresting or looking bar porting bar A .and with aslight space between them. The front bar A is formed on its lower side with downward projection. A designed and adapted to cooperate with inwardly projecting portions H formed at l the sides of the framell, and the bar A is formed with downward projections A similarly adapted to cooperate with the same pro ecting portions H are located behind the projections H of the frame H,*thereby holding themagazines against downward and outward'movement. After the frame has been shifted to bring the desired magazine into alinement with the assembling devices, and it becomes necessary to move it forward into operative relation thereto, the magazine is lifted to disengage the projections A from the projections 11 (the width of the grooves H being sulficient to permit this action),'when the magazine will slide forward and downward to the position indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, in which it will be held by the engagement of the projections A on the bar A with the frame projections H. The restoration of the magazine to its original position is efdistributing mechanism D and the magazine in use, as shown in Fig. 1. When a change of magazines 1S desired, and the one in use is therefore moved rearwardly, it swings the entrance or throat E about its pivot E to the position shown in Fig. 2, it being noted that the relation of the spring E to the pivot E issuc'h that the movementof the throat to either operative or inoperative position causes it to pass center, so that the throat will be held therein by the spring. It will be seen-that the rearward movement of the magazine in the shift frame not only clears it from the assembling devices, but also from the channel entrance, so that the magazines are ready to be shifted without interference With the other parts.

As previously indicated, I have shown my invention only in preferred form and by Way of example, and as applied to a linotype machine, but many modifications and changes therein willsuggest themselves to .those skilled in the art, without departure.

from its scope.

Having thus construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

1. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, means for shifting them as a whole, and assembling described my invention, its

the entrance E in operative relation to the;

devices, the said magazines being individually and independently movable into and out of-mperative relation to the assembling devices.- 2. In a typographical machine, the combination of stationary assembling devices, and a plurality of magazines movable relatively te'the assembling devices in 'two distindt directiops, one individuallyand independently latowardand away from the assembling devi'ces,-and another as a whole transversely past the same. a3, In a typogra hicalmachine, the combination-of a plura ity of inclined "magazines, and aaupporting frame to shift them vertically as a whole, the said magazines being movableindividually and independently in a forward direction 1n said frame into operative' 'sition. 4. a typographical machine, the combination of assembling devices, a plurality of magazines, and a. frame to support them in retracted position in the machine, thesaid magazines being slidingly arranged in said frame so as to emovable individually and independentl inte operative relation to the assembling evices. v 5. ',I n a typographical machine, the combination of assemblin devices, and a plurality of ma zines mova le as a whole to bring any se ected one into registration with the assembling devices, the said magazines being mounted so as to be individually capable of- 'a further inde endent movement into operativerelation t ereto.

'6. In a typographical machine, the combination of assembling devices, a pluralityfof magazines to cooperate therewith, and? a movableshift frame to support the maga- 40 zines, the said magazines bein individually and independently movable re atively .to the frame into and out of operative relation to the assembling devices.

7. Ina typographical machine,.the combination of assembling devices, a plurality of magazines to cotiperate therewith, and a supporting frame to shift the magazines into and out of alinement with the assembling devices, the said magazines being. individually and independently movable relatively to the frame into and out of operative relation to the assembling devices.

8. In a typographical machine, the combination of assembling devices, a plurality of magazines to cooperate therewith, a supporting frame to shift the magazines into and out of alinement with the assembling devices, and means for holding the alined maga-zinein different positions in the frame without affecting the position of the other magazines, one in operative relation to the assembling devicesand another out of operative relation thereto. 7

9. In a typographical machine, the combi nation of a plurality of magazines movable as a whole to bring any selected one into position, and each individually movable in relation to the others, and a delivery en-' trance mounted independently of the magazines and ada ted to beamoved from its operative position by theindividual movement of a magazine.

10. In a typographical machine, the combination of a supporting frame,'a magazine movable relatively thereto into and out of operative position, and a delivery entrance mounted independently of the magazines and to cooperate with the magazine when in its operative position, and adapted to be moved out of such cooperative relation by the movement of the magazine from its operative position.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID S. KENNEDY.

Witnessesz HAROLD A. BURT; MARY BRANDT. 

